JUDGMENT : Daya Chaudhary, J. The petitioner is aggrieved by impugned order dated 9.9.2009 (Annexure P-4) whereby punishment by way of recovery of an amount of Rs. 5666/- has wrongly been imposed upon him whereas he has already been exonerated by the Punishing Authority and also that said impugned order was passed without issuing any notice or affording any opportunity of hearing. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner preferred a statutory appeal under the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970, which is still pending since 18.9.2009 as the same has not been decided so far. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner would be satisfied, in case, the directions are issued by this Court to decide the said appeal. 3. Keeping in view the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to decide the pending appeal of the petitioner by passing a speaking order, as early as possible, as same is pending since 2009, preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order. 4. The present petition is disposed of accordingly.